After stomping the ground at the first ever Oz Comic Con to visit Perth, G-Funk is here to give you the highlights of the event! If you’re in Adelaide and getting ready for the next stop of the convention then these are the things to watch out for. The Cosplay! All the people who went to town … Continue reading
So here’s a new thing. We pick a movie, we review it from opposing perspectives and at the end you get to vote for the side you agree with. For the first round: The Incredible Hulk! Bruce Banner/The Hulk Funk: Coming off the back of the big green flop that was Ang Lee’s Hulk, it’s … Continue reading
D’ya want to know what’s great? Community. It’s one of the smartest and funniest TV shows doing the rounds. It works not just as a sitcom but as a brilliant satire on current media trends. The cast of characters are becoming iconic and the catchphrases are infectious. It’s not unlike Arrested Development and not unlike … Continue reading
A moment of insanity by G-FUNK Ok, let’s clear this up now: this isn’t a parody article where I come up with a bunch of sarcastic reasons why The Room is great when really I’m just pointing out why the movie is terrible. Everyone on the internet knows that The Room is a shockingly bad … Continue reading
As some of you are already aware, I live in Australia. This is the hottest month of the year and the past few days have been SCORCHING. This is fine when you’re free to grab a surfboard and hit the beach with an esky full of tinnies (which is all we ever do), not so … Continue reading
If you aren’t familiar with The Muppets I feel sorry for your childhood. Luckily for you the show has barely aged and you still catch up on the fun. You can still make the rainbow connection. For those who know and love the Muppets, enjoy this countdown of the best Muppet characters. If you do … Continue reading
Oh, Hogwarts. Remember the first time you read a Harry Potter book? It was so magical learning about the secret world of wizards and the wonder of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Every book, every chapter revealed more giddy details about the enchanted and haunted castle. How we all wanted to go to school … Continue reading
Doctor Who is a fantastic show for geeks. There’s plenty of space for discussion, fan-fiction and list making. So that’s what I’ve done. Taking inspiration from episodes in which The Doctor crosses paths with significant historical figures, such as Shakespeare, van Gogh and Queen Victoria, here are the ten people from history that I would … Continue reading
Christmas is a great time for the movie studios. Box office numbers go up, people don’t want to be challenged and everyone’s too befuddled by big meals and booze to care much about the quality. Now as I enjoy one of my all-time favourite holiday movies – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – I’ve been considering … Continue reading
Yes, that title looks like a typo but a typo it is not. The character of Doctor Who is now in his eleventh incarnation, each played by a different actor. Each incarnation has their fans, and a recent poll ranked the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, as the most popular. Being a recent convert … Continue reading
Becoming popular among comedies of the 1980s and occurring more and more often in the past decade, an extra scene added during or after the end credits is a fun way for directors to throw in an extra joke, wrap up a loose end or drop clues about a sequel. Here’s the ten worth hanging … Continue reading
To say that TV producers put a lot of time into the opening sequences for a television show is an understatement. This isn’t just a station ID or a buffer between scenes, but a hook to convince people to plant their butts and watch the show. It needs to set the tone, introduce the characters … Continue reading
Many years ago Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer took a gamble. Not two productions companies known for taking risks, they’re more likely to base their decisions on market research more than creative ingenuity, so it’s unusual that they took the chance. In hindsight it hardly seems like much of a risk at all but you have … Continue reading
Movies produced through the studio system adhere to set formulas which are split into genres. Occasionally a studio head would pour too much cocaine down their windpipe and get the notion that grabbing two genres and rubbing them together will produce originality. More often than not they fail due to being a muddled mess of … Continue reading
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